Neem as a Low-risk Alternative Treatment for Head Lice

By: Markus Sommer, M.D.
Original title: Möglichkeiten der Kopflausbekämpfung. Der Merkurstab 2002; 55(6):470-473.
Article-ID: DMS-18164-DE
https://www.anthromedics.org/DMS-18164-DE
This translation is published with the kind permission of the journal Der Merkurstab.

Excerpt: Altogether, Neem preparations appear to offer a genuine, low-risk alternative treatment for head lice, assuming caution is taken in using only products of good pharmaceutical quality that have been tested for aflatoxins. The Neem tree exemplifies very well a statement made by Rudolf Steiner: Plants which are subject only to pathologies stemming from external causes such as pests possess an over-abundance of etheric forces, which provides them with resistance (15). This is especially true of the Neem tree, which is why it is remarkably free of insect pests. Its curative actions can also be used for the benefit of human beings when the need arises to resist external parasites. It should not be concealed that in individual cases there are repeated recurrences, and these require treatment of the deeper inner causes. The therapy will be quite individual and may have to consider a variety of aspects. A situation involving astral tension, for example, seems to have an attractive action on the parasites. The therapy may range from administration of potentized sulphur (which apparently reduces perspiration favorable to parasites) to resolving burdensome family and social situations or prescribing curative eurythmy. In many cases of recurrent infestation with parasites - including oxyuria and others -the “big A" exercise is effective, which Rudolf Steiner spoke of as “working against the animal nature in man” (16).

Citation: Sommer, M. (2002). Möglichkeiten der Kopflausbekämpfung. Der Merkurstab, 55(6), 470–473. Translator and date of translation not identified.